K-type star · orange

8Iot Cet

275 lybrightness mag 3.56K2III

Also catalogued as HR 74 · HD 1522 · HIP 1562

4,281 K

temperature

3.56

apparent magnitude

232× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K2III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

275 years

at light speed from Earth

0.74×

as hot as the Sun

232×

the Sun's light output

-1.07

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

8Iot CetK-type

Sky regionCetusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 31 →36 ly apart
HR 9037 →42 ly apart
HR 227 →42 ly apart
HR 9027 →43 ly apart
2 Cet →45 ly apart
HR 9101 →47 ly apart

Bright stars in Cetus

Diphda →mag 2.0
Menkar →mag 2.5
31Eta Cet →mag 3.5
Kaffaljidhma →mag 3.5
52Tau Cet →mag 3.5
45The Cet →mag 3.6
Baten Kaitos →mag 3.7
59Ups Cet →mag 4.0

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 3.6To see it no equipment neededLook toward Cetus

Star data from the HYG database v4.2 (Astronexus, CC BY-SA 4.0). Temperature and colour computed by gravityfinder from the B-V colour index; the illustration is generated from that temperature, not a photograph.